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DAVIS CUP TEAM: On thc first stage of irs quest to regain the Davis Cup, now held by the United States, the Australian team is4>ookea* to leave for Wimbledon at the end of »his month. Members of the team upon whom we will pin our hopes are: (from left to right), John Bromwich, Dennis Pails, Geoff. Brown and Colin Long. JOE BAKSI . . . "big and speedy."Help

DAVIS CUP TEAM: On thc first stage of irs quest to regain the Davis Cup, now held by the United States, the Australian team is4>ookea* to leave for Wimbledon at the end of »his month. Members of the team upon whom we will pin our hopes are: (from left to right), John Bromwich, Dennis Pails, Geoff. Brown and Colin Long. JOE BAKSI . . . "big and speedy."Help

DAVIS CUP TEAM: On thc first stage of irs quest to regain the Davis Cup, now held by the United States, the Australian team is4>ookea* to leave for Wimbledon at the end of »his month. Members of the team upon whom we will pin our hopes are: (from left to right), John Bromwich, Dennis Pails, Geoff. Brown and Colin Long. JOE BAKSI . . . "big and speedy."Help

DAVIS CUP TEAM: On thc first stage of irs quest to regain the Davis Cup, now held by the United States, the Australian team is4>ookea* to leave for Wimbledon at the end of »his month. Members of the team upon whom we will pin our hopes are: (from left to right), John Bromwich, Dennis Pails, Geoff. Brown and Colin Long. JOE BAKSI . . . "big and speedy."Help

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DAVIS CUP TEAM: On thc first stage of irs quest to regain the Davis Cup, now held by the United States, the Australian team is4>ookea* to leave for

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Wimbledon at the end of »his month. Members of the team upon whom we will pin our hopes are: (from left to right), John Bromwich, Dennis Pails,

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Geoff. Brown and Colin Long.

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TENNIS ';,

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Wimbledon Bound

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rpHE Australian Davis Cup team,

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comprising J. Bromwich, D.

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Pails, c. Long and G. Brown, should

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prove an undoubted drawçard at the

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Wimbledon championships, begin-

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ning on June 23. In the past Aus-

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tralians have always been popular

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with Wimbledon crowds and invari-

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ably give a good account of them-

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selves. The English L.T.A. recog-

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nises the "appearance" value of

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leading Australian players by pay-

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ing a substantial sum to the

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L.T.A.A. for their attendance at

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Wimbledon.

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The Australians were due to leave

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by ship at the end of the month

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but will now probably travel

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by air. They will compete

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in several tournaments prior to

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Wimbledon, including the Lon-

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don championships at Queen's

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Club. The French championships

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follow Wimbledon, but the Aus-

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tralians may miss that event as they

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must be in Canada early In August

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to meet their first Davis Cup en-

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gagement. That will be against

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Canada but the venue of the tie has

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yet to be decided.

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The Australians should have no

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great difficulty in winning the

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American zone but will probably

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meet with strong opposition from

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the winner of the European zone,

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probably Yugoslavia or Sweden.

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If they overcome this obstacle they

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will once again face the Americans

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-this time on the latter's home

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ground-and unless the play of

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Kramer and his companions has

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deteriorated by then the Australians

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will need to excel themselves if they

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are to bring home the bacon.

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N.S.W. Protest

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.J^HE appointment of Mr. C. H.

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Cowling as manager of the Aus-

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tralian Davis Cup team in prefer-

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ence to Mr. J. Crawford has been

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the subject of criticism in New

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South Wales, and a protest has

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been lodged with the L.T.A.A. by

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the council, of the N.S.W. associa-

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tion. The N.S.W. president (Mr.

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Bryan Puller, K.C.), considered that

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it was a great mistake to make an

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administrator manager of the team.

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He said that by the voting, 8-4, ap-

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parently only New South Wales and

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Queensland supported the nomina-

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tion of Crawford. This was a fur-

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ther example of the difficulty the

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Kew South Wales association had

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in getting anything it desired from

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the L.T.A.A. The Australian body

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would regret the choice. Jack Craw-

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ford had rendered great service to

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tennis over many years, and would

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have been the best player-captain.

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The W.A. council left the question

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of voting to the discretion of its

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delegates. Mr. Cowling is secretary

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of the Victorian Lawn Tennis Asso-

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ciation and delegate to the Austra-

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lian council.

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Country Fixtures

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NUMBER of country tourna-

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ments will be held during the

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Easter holidays. The Dalwallinu

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Ballidu and Districts Tennis Asso-

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ciation will hold an open tourna-

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ment at Pithara from April 4 to

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April 7. Provision has been made

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for 17 events, including four events

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for juniors and a number of handi-

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caps. Entries will close on Tues-

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day, March 25.

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The first post-war championship

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tournament of the Northam and Dis-

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tricts Association will take place at

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the courts of the Northam club at

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Easter from April 4 to April 7 in-

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clusive. The programme comprises

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12 events including championship

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and handicap singles, doubles and

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mixed doubles, also boys and girls

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(under 19 years) singles champion-

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ships. Entry forms are now avail-

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able at city sports depots and from

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club secretaries or the club secretary

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(Box 29, P.O., Northam). Entries

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will close on Saturday, March 29.

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Chino's Loss

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H^HE death recently in England of

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~*- Kho Sin Kie marks the passing

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of China's leading tennis player.

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Khó Sin Kie came into prominence

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in European tennis prior to the war

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and one of his best performances

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was in defeating H. W. Austin to win

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the 1938 British hardcourt cham-

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pionship. He was a graceful type

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of player and was an accomplished

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linguist.

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Kho Sin Kie was selected as a

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member of China's Davis Cup team

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in 1935 and played for his country

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whenever China entered the com-

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petition since. Last year China was

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eliminated by Belgium but Kho Sin

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Kie won both hiß singles. In the

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early days of his career Kho Sin

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Kie had a hard fight to convince

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his father that there was much

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good in the game.

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Reference to Kho Sin Kie recalls

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to mind that about 20 years ago

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one of the leading juniors in Vic-

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toria was an Australian-born Chi-

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nese player named Gordon Lum.

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He played for Victoria in Interstate

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matches and also in the Linton Gup

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competition. Later he went to China

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and subsequently he represented

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that country in the Davis Cup.

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BOXING

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Boksi in London

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TOE Baksi, the American heavy-

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weight, has arrived in London

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for his bout with the British cham-

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pion, Bruce Woodcock, which is

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scheduled to take place this month.

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The wanner of this fight will be right -

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in line for a crack at Joe Louis's

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world heavyweight crown.

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"Whitey" Joe Bimstein, trainer

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and second to Joe Baksi, who has

DAVIS CUP TEAM: On thc first stage of irs quest to regain the Davis Cup, now held by the United States, the Australian team is4>ookea* to leave for Wimbledon at the end of »his month. Members of the team upon whom we will pin our hopes are: (from left to right), John Bromwich, Dennis Pails, Geoff. Brown and Colin Long. JOE BAKSI . . . "big and speedy."Help